A Witch's Hand
From 1971 to 1972, William E. Mitchell undertook fieldwork on suffering and healing among the Lujere of Papua New Guinea’s Upper Sepik River Basin. At a time when it was not yet common to make colonial agencies a subject of anthropological study, Mitchell carefully located his research on Lujere pra...
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| author | Mitchell, William E. |
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| description | From 1971 to 1972, William E. Mitchell undertook fieldwork on suffering and healing among the Lujere of Papua New Guinea’s Upper Sepik River Basin. At a time when it was not yet common to make colonial agencies a subject of anthropological study, Mitchell carefully located his research on Lujere practices in the framework of a history of colonization that surrounded the Lujere with a shifting array of Western institutions, dramatically changing their society forever. This work has been well known among anthropologists of Oceania ever since, but the bulk of it has remained unpublished until now. In this major new work, Mitchell revisits his earlier research with a threepart study on: the history of colonial rule in the region; the social organization of Lujere life at the time; and the particular forms of affliction, witchcraft, and curing that preoccupied some of the people among whom he lived. This is a magisterial contribution to the ethnography of Papua New Guinea and it is sure to be an invaluable source for scholars of Oceania, of medical anthropology, and of the anthropology of kinship, myth, and ritual. |
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-1369762025-07-30T07:02:57Z A Witch's Hand Mitchell, William E. Social Science Anthropology Cultural & Social Social Science Anthropology bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JH Sociology & anthropology::JHM Anthropology::JHMC Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JH Sociology & anthropology::JHM Anthropology From 1971 to 1972, William E. Mitchell undertook fieldwork on suffering and healing among the Lujere of Papua New Guinea’s Upper Sepik River Basin. At a time when it was not yet common to make colonial agencies a subject of anthropological study, Mitchell carefully located his research on Lujere practices in the framework of a history of colonization that surrounded the Lujere with a shifting array of Western institutions, dramatically changing their society forever. This work has been well known among anthropologists of Oceania ever since, but the bulk of it has remained unpublished until now. In this major new work, Mitchell revisits his earlier research with a threepart study on: the history of colonial rule in the region; the social organization of Lujere life at the time; and the particular forms of affliction, witchcraft, and curing that preoccupied some of the people among whom he lived. This is a magisterial contribution to the ethnography of Papua New Guinea and it is sure to be an invaluable source for scholars of Oceania, of medical anthropology, and of the anthropology of kinship, myth, and ritual. 2024-05-11T04:01:31Z 2024-05-11T04:01:31Z 2024-05-10T05:33:20Z 2024 book OCN: 1433198499 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/90149 9781912808458 9781912808854 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/136976 eng open access image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg n/a Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/90149/1/external_content.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/90149/1/external_content.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/90149/1/external_content.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/90149/1/external_content.pdf HAU Books HAU 58d667ba-1105-401e-8b38-03a17ec99d21 Knowledge Unlatched 9781912808458 9781912808854 Knowledge Unlatched (KU) HAU Books 2020-2022 HAU open access |
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